Low mileage stag

[Tonywhite]

I have just purchased a stag with 4340 genuine miles from new saffron manual original engine is this the lowest mileage stag around or does someone on here know different?

[mjheathcote]

I have just purchased a stag with 4340 genuine miles from new saffron manual original engine is this the lowest mileage stag around or does someone on here know different?

It's really 104340

[MikeParker]

It's really 104340

You can easily tell the difference from pedal rubbers, carpet wear etc. I think a 4300 mile Stag would be a real find. Can we see some pictures?

[wilf]

Wow Tony - is the car in as good a condition as you might hope for that mileage?

[Goldstar]

You can easily tell the difference from pedal rubbers, carpet wear etc. I think a 4300 mile Stag would be a real find. Can we see some pictures?

Unless they have been replaced, of course.

any mot history Tony? Would love to see it

[Tonywhite]

Stag is virtually rust free although the paintwork has suffered from poor storage plenty of paperwork to go through and boxes of nos parts.The Speedo is in km and showing 6985 one family owned from new.

[richardthestag]

Now that sounds like a keeper, you mention speedo in KM is it a southpaw?

Planning to hang onto it? does sound interesting.

[MikeParker]

Unless they have been replaced, of course.

any mot history Tony? Would love to see it

I didn't mean to limit it to those items. I was just trying to make the point. So door locks, door hinges, seat wear etc all add to the evidence. Even If you replace carpets they never look like the originals, particularly the rubber inserts in the footwells. When instruments are cleaned, the matt black inner ring is removed from the chrome bezel. With a used car the woodwork gets UV damage, particularly around the gearstick. The plastic work gets polished through human contact or cleaning. There are a large number of parts that give you clues. A 4000 mile car just looks like new, even if it has surface rust on bumpers etc.

[richardthestag]

I didn't mean to limit it to those items. I was just trying to make the point. So door locks, door hinges, seat wear etc all add to the evidence. Even If you replace carpets they never look like the originals, particularly the rubber inserts in the footwells. When instruments are cleaned, the matt black inner ring is removed from the chrome bezel. With a used car the woodwork gets UV damage, particularly around the gearstick. The plastic work gets polished through human contact or cleaning. There are a large number of parts that give you clues. A 4000 mile car just looks like new, even if it has surface rust on bumpers etc.

I think we all understood your point the first time around Mike.

Tony knows his way around a stag I am sure. possibly "Stevie Wonder" could spot the differences between a 104k and a 4k car.

If you think that a 4k car will look new when it is nearly 50 years old you may be mistaken. Every single item could be seized solid. The interior and body could have dissolved through storage issues. The loom could be all but the core wires due to rodent damage.

Tony is not saying that though is he, this could be a real find

[jbuckl]

About 16 years ago spring grange had uncovered an unregistered stag . It was on less than 100 miles . They registered it & commissioned it & sold it
The new owner couldn’t keep it long sadly.
They did a good job of photographing it as a reference car… about 180 photos iirc.
it was a late car in white.

[singapore stag]

Mine is 50000 1 owner. Mileage confirmed, original straight panels. Panel gaps are micrometer precise.Never welded.

[singapore stag]

Tony must be one of the best authorities when it comes to Stags, knows each and every part like the back of his hands.

[MikeParker]

I think we all understood your point the first time around Mike.

Tony knows his way around a stag I am sure. possibly "Stevie Wonder" could spot the differences between a 104k and a 4k car.

If you think that a 4k car will look new when it is nearly 50 years old you may be mistaken. Every single item could be seized solid. The interior and body could have dissolved through storage issues. The loom could be all but the core wires due to rodent damage.

Tony is not saying that though is he, this could be a real find

Who is we? I was responding to Goldstar. Are you also Goldstar? Somewhat confused.

If you had read the thread you might understand what it is about.

My original post was to mjheathcote when he implied that Tony White could have got it wrong and it could be 104K. I wrote, that it was hard to confuse a 4K and 10k K car (pedal rubbers etc)

Then Goldstar responded to my post to say that you could make a 104K look like a 4 K car by replacing the worn parts.

The I responded to Goldstar to say that there a lots of parts you would need to change.

The you responded to me to say that

I think we all understood your point the first time around Mike.

Well Goldstar did not. That it is why I responded to him. That is the way the forum works.

You then said:

"Stevie Wonder" could spot the differences between a 104k and a 4k car

So you are agreeing with me and disagreeing with Goldstar. Very kind, but I am sure not what you meant to do.

So that's the problem. If you post to just to have an argument, you end up making no sense.

[KOY 23]

Mike. I thought your mantra was attack the issue not the person.

[richardthestag]

Mike. I thought your mantra was attack the issue not the person.

Don't worry about me John, I pretty much ignore everything he posts which is either a copy of what someone else posted already, misinformation or part of his ongoing agenda against me

Misinformation, like above, I try to point out, he then gets upset with me.